Data challenges for public libraries: African perspectives and the social context of knowledge
Data challenges for public libraries: African perspectives and the social context of knowledge
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公共图书馆的数据挑战：非洲视角和知识的社会背景
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2020
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S. Boakye
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Renee Lynch;Jason C. Young;Chris Jowaisas;Chris Rothschild;M. Garrido;J. Sam;S. Boakye
这篇文章揭示了非洲16个国家图书馆收集和使用数据的情况。它强调了图书馆员和图书馆组织在收集、分析和呈现各种类型的数据以进行自我宣传时面临的挑战。在这项研究中，分析了来自图书馆代表会议的定性数据，以确定主要挑战，包括：数据完整性方面的完整性、准确性、可信度和相关性；基础设施；能力；地方对图书馆的投资；时间；以及数据收集者和受访者的参与。讨论了对那些收集非洲图书馆数据的人以及那些支持在这些背景下使用数据的人的影响。这份文件的目的不是要对非洲图书馆长期资源不足和能力不足的说法进行补充，而是建设性地接触关于图书馆员如何经历和克服障碍的第一手记录，以便为该领域提供潜在的前进途径。
This article sheds light on the collection and use of data by libraries in sixteen countries across Africa. It highlights the challenges that librarians and library organizations face in gathering, analyzing, and presenting data of various types for self-advocacy. In this study, qualitative data from a meeting of library representatives was analyzed to identify main challenges including: data integrity in terms of completeness, accuracy, credibility, and relevancy; infrastructure; capacity; local investment in libraries; time; and participation of data collectors and respondents. Implications for those collecting data on African libraries as well as those supporting the use of data in these contexts are discussed. The purpose of this paper is not to feed into representations of African libraries as chronically under-resourced and lacking in capacity, but rather, to constructively engage with first-hand accounts of how librarians are experiencing and navigating barriers in order to offer potential avenues forward for the field.